Category: Saturday Sports Slam

Kessel’s hat trick powers Penguins past Vegas 4-2

By DAN SCIFO ,  Associated Press
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Phil Kessel scored a natural hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night.Vegas scored the first goal of the game, and Kessel had the next three — with the final two coming on second-period breakaways. It was Kessel’s sixth career hat trick and first in four seasons with Pittsburgh. His last hat trick came Feb. 1, 2014, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a 6-3 win against Ottawa.Jake Guentzel scored his third goal and Evgeni Malkin had three assists for the Penguins, who allowed 11 goals in their first two games.

Casey DeSmith stopped 35 shots in his first regular-season start for Pittsburgh. Starter Matt Murray missed Thursday’s game and is day-to-day with a concussion sustained Monday during practice. Murray participated in, and faced shots during, Thursday’s optional morning skate.

Reilly Smith scored his second of the season for Vegas and 100th career goal. Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas, which lost its third straight and has opened the season with four losses in five games. The defending Western Conference champions lost their fourth game on Nov. 2 last season.

Malcolm Subban made 18 saves for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, who spent 13 seasons and won three Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, served as the backup after allowing four goals on 28 shots during a loss Wednesday at Washington. Fans chanted for Fleury — selected in 2017 by Vegas in the expansion draft — after Subban allowed three goals on seven shots in the second period.

Nosek opened the scoring, taking a pass from Jonathan Marchessault along the boards and slipping a backhander behind DeSmith.

But Kessel answered for Pittsburgh when he beat Subban with a wrist shot following a Malkin faceoff win.

Kessel’s breakaway goal midway through the second put Pittsburgh in front for good. Malkin hit Kessel at center with a stretch pass from his own goal-line and he finished the breakaway with a glove-side wrist shot.

Kessel completed his hat trick with a second breakaway goal, similar to the first. This time, Carl Hagelin hit Kessel with a long outlet pass and he beat Subban low to the glove side.

Guentzel’s blocker-side wrist shot 57 seconds later on a backhand feed from Sidney Crosby gave Pittsburgh a comfortable three-goal lead through two periods.

NOTES: Vegas is 0-for-13 on the power play in five games. . Pittsburgh D Juuso Riikola made his NHL debut in place of D Olli Maatta, who was a healthy scratch. . The Penguins recalled G Tristan Jarry from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to back up DeSmith. Pittsburgh assigned D Derek Grant to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. . Tomas Hyka played on the third line for Vegas in place of Oscar Lindberg, who was a healthy scratch.

Click on on the play button below to hear Josh Getzoff from the Penguins Radio Network recap e game.

 

UP NEXT

Vegas: Close a five-game road trip at Philadelphia on Saturday.

Penguins: Play their first road game at Montreal on Saturday.

Steelers WR Brown to fight civil lawsuits

Steelers WR Brown to fight civil lawsuits
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is planning to fight a pair of lawsuits filed against him stemming from an incident at a Florida apartment complex last spring.
Ophir Sternberg is seeking damages against Brown, claiming that objects thrown by Brown from the 14th floor of an apartment building came close to striking Sternberg’s father and Sternberg’s 22-month-old son in April. The lawsuit claims Sternberg’s son was “extremely traumatized” by the event.
A second lawsuit filed by the owner of the apartment building is seeking more than $15,000 in damages from Brown.
Brown told police that the incidents occurred after a gun and $80,000 were stolen from the apartment. Brown said in a statement on Thursday the lawsuits contained “false claims” against him.
“The facts will soon come out that prove my innocence,” Brown said. “My focus will remain on football and I will not let the cases serve as a distraction.”
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Western Beaver’s Matt Gray Is Tonight’s Coach On “Coaches Corner”

The Western Beaver Golden Beavers despite a 1-3 conference record, still are fighting for a playoff spot in the Midwestern Athletic Conference in Class 2A. Head Coach Matt Gray will join Bob Barrickman, Tom Hays, Bruce Frey, and Jason Colangelo at Robert’s Roadside Inn to discuss his team and the matchup this week with New Brighton (6:30 airtime Friday night on WBVP). That’s Coaches Corner, tonight on Beaver County Radio beginning at 7:05!

Brown scores twice, Steelers roll past reeling Falcons 41-17

Brown scores twice, Steelers roll past reeling Falcons 41-17
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown connected on two second-half touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled away from the Atlanta Falcons for a 41-17 victory on Sunday.
Roethlisberger finished 19 of 29 for 250 yards and three scores in all, including a 9-yard strike to Brown in the third quarter and a 47-yard dart to the All-Pro wide receiver early in the fourth as Pittsburgh (2-2-1) put together its most complete performance of the season.
Brown caught six passes for 101 yards. His two touchdowns gave him 64 in his career, moving him past Hall of Famer John Stallworth and into second place on the franchise’s all-time TD reception list.
James Conner ran for 110 yards and two scores and added 75 yards receiving for Pittsburgh, which improved to 7-0-1 all-time against the Falcons (1-4) at home.
Matt Ryan passed for 285 yards and a touchdown but was also sacked six times and spent the final minutes of Atlanta’s third straight loss on the sideline with the game out of reach. Pittsburgh cornerback Joe Haden kept Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones in check. Shadowing Jones — who entered the game leading the NFL in yards receiving — all afternoon, Haden held Jones to five receptions for 62 yards, all of them coming in the fourth quarter with Atlanta well behind.
There were no such problems for Conner, whose breakout day helped the Steelers break out of their early-season funk. The second-year back was limited to just 19 yards rushing on 11 carries in a loss to Baltimore on Sunday night. The going was considerably easier against the NFL’s 28th-ranked defense.
Conner piled up 99 total yards in the first quarter alone, but the Steelers led just 13-10 at the break thanks in part to Roethlisberger and Brown’s failure to get into a rhythm.
Brown came in averaging just 9.4 yards per reception — well below his career average of 13.4 — but brushed off the idea that he and Roethlisberger are having communication problems, joking that their “Wi-Fi” was a little off kilter but would soon start humming again.
It didn’t look that way at the end of the first half, when Roethlisberger heaved the ball off his back foot into a double-covered Brown in the end zone. Atlanta’s Damontae Kazee easily picked it off to keep Atlanta within striking distance.
It didn’t last. Roethlisberger capped a 12-play, 85-yard drive in the third quarter with a bullet to Brown. Roethlisberger gave an exaggerated fist pump in the aftermath as if to say “finally” as Pittsburgh went in front 20-10. Steelers All-Pro fullback Roosevelt Nix then blocked a punt by Atlanta’s Matt Bosher, and Nix served as a lead blocker on Conner’s 2-yard scoring sprint that put the Steelers up 27-10.
Ito Smith bulled over from 2 yards with 12:28 remaining to get the Falcons back within 10, but Pittsburgh responded immediately.
Roethlisberger hit Brown in stride down the left sideline and Brown did the rest, racing across the goal line with his longest reception of the season and quelling — for the time being — the seemingly nonstop drama around one of the NFL’s most enigmatic teams.
UP NEXT
Falcons: Welcome Tampa Bay to Atlanta next Sunday. The Falcons have won the last three meetings with the Buccaneers.
Steelers: Travel to AFC North rival Cincinnati next Sunday. Pittsburgh swept the season series from the Bengals last season.
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Mohawk 34 @ Riverside 18 Final Score on WBVP and the Trib-Live Sports Network

Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo called the game from Memorial Stadium on the campus of Riverside High School for this key WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference high school football game as the Panthers battle the Warriors. A game that was all Mohawk to start, scoring on a big pass play to start the game, followed by a big run in the first to take a 14-0 lead. Riverside was driving and the Mohawk had an 80 yard pick six to make it 21-0. Riverside didn’t give up, clawing back into the game making it 21-6. Mohawk started to pull away making it 28-6. Final score 34-18 Mohawk.

 

Here is Bob Barrickman with a recap of tonight’s game:

 

 

 

If you would like to hear a rebroadcast of the game click on the Trib-Live High School Sports Network log below……

Score From Across the Valley Friday October 5, 2018

Friday October 5, 2018:

Mohawk
Riverside    (WBVP)		 34 
18    Final
Beaver
Ambridge   (WMBA)		 51
0     Final
Montour
Highlands		 48
33     Final
New Castle
Blackhawk		 17
42     Final
South Fayette
Knoch		 35
14     Final
Keystone Oaks
Beaver Falls		 21
41     Final
Freedom
New Brighton		 16
14     Final
Quaker Valley
Waynesburg Central		 46
14     Final
South Park
Hopewell		 34
17     Final
Ellwood City
Shenango		 42
14     Final
Sto-Rox
Rochester		 12
32     Final
Bishop Canevin
Cornell		 16
40     Final
Laurel
Union		 48
13     Final
Aliquippa
Yough		 54
20     Final
Central Valley
Thomas Jefferson		 6
45     Final
OLSH
Jeanette		 13
28     Final
Fort Cherry
Neshannock		 14
40     Final
Western Beaver
Steel Valley		 14
49     Final

CCBC Players of the game Friday October 5, 2018

Friday, October 5, 2018:

WBVP

Mohawk- Braydon Cameron 
Riverside- Hunter Nulth
WMBA

Beaver-  Gino Mavero
Ambridge-  Jacob Traupman

 

Beaver 51 @ Ambridge 0 Final on WMBA and the Trib-Live Sports Network

Tom Hays and Bruce Frey had the call from Moe Rubenstein Stadium on the campus of Ambridge High School fo this key WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference high school football game as the Bridgers battled the Bobcats.

The game started with Ambridge getting the opening possession of the ball. They quickly turned it over to Beaver whom scored shortly after with a 36 yard touchdown run by Gino Mavero. Before the end of the first quarter Beaver put up a touchdown with 3 yard run yet again from Gino Mavero bringing the score to Beaver 14 Ambridge 0 at the end of the first. Shortly after the start of the second quarter Beaver drove the ball down field and scored again with a 16 yard pass to Anthony George. Then with 4:28 left on the clock Anthony George scores again for Beaver with a 3 yard touchdown run. With 2:10 left in the second quarter Beaver got the ball from Ambridge then moved the ball down to the 4 yard line with just a few seconds left where Noah Yates got a 4 yard run for a touchdown. The score at the half was then Beaver 35 Ambridge 0 which enacted the mercy rule for the second half.

Beaver received the ball for the start of the second half and moved the ball the whole way down field and ended the drive with a 10 yard touchdown run by Gino Mavero giving him his third of the night. Shorty after that beaver put up a 21 yard field goal by Becket Connelly. With 5:19 left in the 4th quarter Tyler Ziggas made a 5 yard run for another beaver touchdown. The Final for the game was Beaver 51 Ambridge 0.

 

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Link for Mohawk @ Riverside on WBVP and Trib-Live Sports Network

1230 WBVP’s Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo have the call from Memorial Stadium on the campus of Riverside High School for this WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference high school football game as the Panthers battle the Warriors. Austin Bailey will provide the Freedom United Federal Credit Union sideline reports throughout the game.

If you can’t listen to the Broadcast on the air and would like to listen to it streaming over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 6:30 pm.

Link for Beaver @ Ambridge on WMBA and Trib-Live High School Sports Network

1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Bruce Frey have the call from Moe Rubenstein Stadium on the campus of  Ambridge High School for this key  WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference high school football game as the Bridgers battle the Bobcats.

If you can’t listen to the Broadcast on the air and would like to listen to it streaming over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 6:30 pm.